arrester

 [uh-res-ter]  

ar·rest·er

   [uh-res-ter]
noun
1.
Also, ar·res·tor. a person or thing that arrests.
2.
Electricity. lightning arrester.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English arester. See arrest, -er1
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arrester (əˈrɛstə)
 
—n
1.  a person who arrests
2.  a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier

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